Exam 6: Language

Three linguistic habits often cause disagreements: fact-opinion confusion, fact-inference confusion, and emotive language.Explain two of the habits and provide examples in your answer.

Succinctness in language is most extreme in cultures where

There are never times when equivocal language can be useful.

A perfectly worded "I" message delivered with total sincerity will ensure that the other person will not get defensive.

Making an inference is a reasonable thing to do relationally as long as​

After years of research, it has been concluded that names have little effect on how others think of us and the way we act.

Equivocal words are words that can be interpreted in more than one way.

"I" language offers a more accurate and less provocative way to express a complaint.

If you take an "easy" class your friend recommended and find it "hard," you have had semantic problems due to​

Highly abstract language can lead to which of the following problems?

Your text confirms the stereotype that women are more likely to talk about feelings and relationships than men are.

Speech can build and demonstrate solidarity with others.

Syntactic misunderstandings arise when people assign different meanings to the same words.

"Frank is lazy" is an example of which semantic problem?

Expressions of disapproval are likely to be received more positively if they include a disclaimer such as "I don't mean to sound judgmental but…"

Emotive words are words that sound as if they're describing something, but are really announcing the speaker's attitude toward it.

What type of misunderstanding occurs when people assign different meanings to the same words?

Communication researchers call the process of adapting one's speech style to match that of others convergence.